The aid accord was signed between the National Committee for Women's Advancement (NCWA) and the Norwegian Embassy in Ha Noi on Nov. 30, on the eve of the start of a one-year project entitled "To increase female deputies for the NA's 12th term."
Ha Thi Khiet, President of both the Viet Nam Women's Union and the NCWA, said at the signing ceremony that discrimination against women is having a negative impact on their economic and social rights and needs massive campaigns to change the social out-look on women's role in society.
Women need to be capable of fulfilling both social and family obligations, and legislative elections for the 12th term will be a major opportunity to campaign for women's leadership, she emphasised.
Hege Solbakken, State Secretary of the Norwegian Prime Minister Office, said Norway and Viet Nam should work harder together in the vested interest of women and for gender equality as well as exchange experience in implementing policies for women's advancement.
